JAPAN / JAPAN
New Residence Permit Fee Structure Effective October 1, 2026
After the Japanese Immigration Bureau had already published the details of its revised fee schedule in early July and announced an expected effective date of October 1, 2026, this date was recently confirmed by the Japanese government in August.
According to the new fee schedule, the fees for in-person applications to extend the period of stay are 10,000 JPY (approx. 50 CHF / 54 EUR) for extensions of up to three months, 33,000 JPY (approx. 166 CHF / 177 EUR) for one-year extensions, 64,000 JPY (approx. 322 CHF / 344 EUR) for extensions of three to less than five years, and 75,000 JPY (approx. 378 CHF / 404 EUR) for extensions of five years or more.
